Greg Keyes’ Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series has come to an end with the final volume, The Born Queen. I’ve been very much enjoying the series, and I’m pleased to say that the final book does not disappoint. It does, in the way of such things, get rather melodramatic at times, but Keyes has a very interesting approach to the problem of putting vast magical powers in the hands of his leading characters. There’s an obvious debt to a certain other famous fantasy book, but it would be way too much of a spoiler to explain. Suffice it to say that it is a pleasure to be able to recommend a 4-volume high fantasy series.